Already the best-selling English-language guide to the area universally known as 'THE BIBLE' this is the sixth completely revised up-to-date much expanded edition of the DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO THE D-DAY NORMANDY LANDING BEACHESWritten to the same highly acclaimed formula as all of the other books in this important series of Battlefield Guides (Somme Ypres Gallipoli Market-Garden Western Front
- North Western Front
- South) Once again the cold facts are interlaced with anecdotes of bravery humour sadness & humanity This new edition now containsrnrn All the landing Beaches JUNO SWORD GOLD OMAHA UTAH All the Airborne Operations British & American Two Approach Routes; Six timed & measured Itineraries 21 in-text Itinerary maps Battle maps & Diagrams Approx 400 recommended sites within the D-Day planned area of advancernall with photos each with Latitude & Longitude references (New for this Edition) Over 400 coloured pictures 352 pages Memorials Museums Batteries Bunkers Landing fields Allied & German War Cemeteries Historical background to the landings The Plans & what actually happened Information about Allied & German War Graves Associations Veterans' & other commemorative associations Normandy tourist information Where to stay where to eat Cameos about personalities
- VCs MOHs Poets Photographers etc